Ananda Captain
Dhanasiri Weerasinghe
A very aggressive right hand batsman who has scored heavily during this season. Scored centuries against St. Thomas� and Mahinda. Possesses a wide variety of strokes. A good exponent of the liner points of the game. Bowls right arm leg spinners and googlies. An excellent fielder at the slips. Has the highest aggregate of runs this season among the schools� batsmen.
Oval Grounds
1st and 2nd April 1955
The 26th battle of the maroons ended in a draw.
Nalanda Captain
Amarasiri Gunasena
Captain of the Nalanda Buccaneers. Takes everything on the bump, perhaps because he has hardly any bumps on his head. An attractive stroke player who has broken many a bowler�s heart and unconsciously many an admirer�s.
Ananda Team
(Not in seated order)
Dhanasiri Weerasinghe, Nimal Tammita, Ranjan Lecamvasam, Mahinda jayasinghe, Parakrama Molligoda, Ragunath Weerasooriya, Dhammika Ratnayake, Bertram de Silva, Anuruddha Polonowita, Palitha Premasiri, Daya Amerasinghe, Sarath Wijesinghe, Asoka Jayasinghe
Nalanda Team
(Not in seated order)
Amarasiri Gunasena, Nihal Withana, Tuton de Silva, Richard Lewis, Chandrasiri Weerasinghe, Edmond jayatilake, Nalin Perera, Terence Samarawickrama, Yasa Dissanayake, Sumith Liyanage, Athur Silva, Mahawatte Premaratne, Kithsiri Withana, Ranjith Withana